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Young Thug and Lil Wayne aren’t exactly on good terms. Wayne didn’t take kindly to Thug saying he would call his album Carter 6. Later, Thug and Birdman were named conspirators in a bus shooting incident. Yesterday, Thug gave a rare interview with Ebro Darden on Beats 1 (above). During their conversation, he discussed his admiration for Wayne “despite everything that’s goin’ on.”
He said:
“I always paid attention to Lil Wayne, close attention. He’s my idol. He’s still my idol. I still know all his music, everything that he’s putting out now, I still know everything, I pay attention to him. When he came in as a Hot Boy, he was a street nigga. … But as he grew, he had tight clothes, rock star—you know what I’m sayin’? So I guess I went the same path, because I always paid attention to him. … He’s iconic, I always paid attention to him like that. … I would die if I don’t be like him.”
But while he had kind words for Wayne, it looks like he’s got less respect for Future right now, Fader reports. While his fellow Atlanta rapper was teasing the imminent arrival of EVOL, Thug seemed to subtweet him, saying:
Boy slow down dropping all that BS music…
— Young Thug ひ (@youngthug) February 3, 2016
Future appeared to respond after announcing a new deal with Apple Music:
New Deal Alert @AppleMusic
— FUTURE/FREEBANDZ (@1future) February 3, 2016
Yo bitch wish u was me…in real life
— FUTURE/FREEBANDZ (@1future) February 3, 2016
Thug responded:
Yo family/team wish u was me lil nigga….
— Young Thug ひ (@youngthug) February 3, 2016
I hope Apple save u lil niggas…. Or church !!!!
— Young Thug ひ (@youngthug) February 3, 2016
I learned that when u go fast like that, u running out of gas “IM UP”
— Young Thug ひ (@youngthug) February 4, 2016
“I’m up” just signed a million dollar D,
Now that’s EPIC..— Young Thug ひ (@youngthug) February 4, 2016
But we didn’t need it, and u no y!!!!
— Young Thug ひ (@youngthug) February 4, 2016
I’m Up appears to be the new title for Slime Season 3, which is out February 5.
Read “Chaos Theory: The Glorious Unpredictability of Young Thug.”
